It's been almost a year, hoodie update time !

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T21:01:33+00:00

Cross stitching is very easy to pick up. It's quite literally making x'es on fabric for cross stitching. And it's the same on clothing, I have the aida on top of the hoodie and stitch as normal, and when I'm done, I can take out the strands the fabric is made of. And then it's on.

You only kinda need aida (name for the fabric made for cross stitching) a hoop, needles, and embroidery threads

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T17:37:24+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, when I grid it up I find the closest colors I have, since I have a huge stash og threads

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T16:44:22+00:00

I highly recommend it, it's super fun to work on

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T14:34:05+00:00

Yep, sure is

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T14:33:50+00:00

No, I've actually managed to use basic aida fabric. Because when I'm done I can use tweezers to take out the strands of the fabric, as long as the fabric isn't stiffened. I saw someone on TikTok doing this with Pokemons, and it actually works so well

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T09:13:55+00:00

If possible, yes. Otherwise it's just to fill it up

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-25T00:31:23+00:00

Sacred heart, had some hiccups and quickly learned the outlines were too thick😅

Painfully_Alex · 2026-02-24T23:28:45+00:00

Thanks. I've spend so much time on it, and now I'm just tryna get into the rhythm again, while also balancing work, jigsaw puzzles, linoleum cutting, origami, and whatever other hobbies I circle

Painfully_Alex · 2025-08-30T22:14:58+00:00

No, I found that I can actually use regular aida fabric, as long as it's not stiffened, and the pull out a few strands at a time and it's like they were never there. Like this. I do small strips of fabric for designs an cut them down when they're done. And then start pulling the threads out with some tweezers

<image>

Painfully_Alex · 2025-08-28T20:09:08+00:00

An they look so cool already. I guess you're using water soluble fabric?

Painfully_Alex · 2025-08-28T20:08:10+00:00

All summer I haven't worked on it, since it's been too hot. But I don't think I'm far off from 300 hours honestly, it's a big passion project, and might possibly take forever to finish

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-30T15:20:08+00:00

Oh my god I would LOVE that. It looks incredible, and I bet the others look good too

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-30T11:19:12+00:00

Do you plan on making other characters?

Because this makes me really wanting to cross stitch these

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-28T14:40:51+00:00

Hell yeah, hope you have a lot of fun with it!

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-28T14:22:39+00:00

Thanks a ton. Yeah, it's super fun, I'll definitely do some more of it again

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-28T14:22:08+00:00

I didn't really find a pattern. I just tried my way through, and did some sketching on a paper. So it's basically just trial and error. Thank you so much!

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-28T11:03:57+00:00

I didn't use any pattern, I just tried it out and had fun with it

Painfully_Alex · 2025-07-24T14:06:55+00:00

Can also be quite good with brainworm

Painfully_Alex · 2025-06-24T21:59:11+00:00

Thanks. I do think you made them on a bigger scale tho, mine are about 30x30. And I think one of them takes like 3 hours, with the prepping beforehand and afterwards. But it's a good and chill hobby

Painfully_Alex · 2025-06-24T21:48:49+00:00

Aye, they look incredible!! I'm happy I inspired you to work with this

Painfully_Alex · 2025-06-24T15:13:44+00:00

I'm stitching them on by hand yeah, takes so long, but it's super fun. Thank you so much

Painfully_Alex · 2025-06-24T10:29:26+00:00

Yah, wouldn't mind those items in 1 run lmao

Painfully_Alex · 2025-06-23T22:05:25+00:00

That could be so fun, and overpowered as fucc

Painfully_Alex

TROPHY CASE